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Taking the upasarga ni, and the root grah – upAdAne – to take hold of, to
seize, SrI satyadevo vAsishTha gives the interpretation: niScayena gRhyate
yena iti nigrahah vishNuh - bhagavAn has a firm grasp and leads everything in
this universe as He wishes, creating what is fit to be created, destroying what
is fit to be destroyed, etc.
c) SrI cinmayAnanda literally translates the nAma “nigrahah” as “The Killer”,
and points out that such a nAma is justified for bhagavAn in the context of
His destroying the ego in His devotees. This is like a doctor who “murders” the
diseases in the patients, the sun is the destroyer of darkness, etc. The nAma
also means “One Who absorbs the devotees unto Himself”.
nAma 768. Vy¢> vyagrah
a) He Who was very enthusiastic (to destroy the enemies of His devotee
during the mahAbhArata war).
b) He Who has no end.
c) He Who moves around in many different ways.
d) (a-vyagrah – He Who is not confused – dvaita pATham)
e) He Who uses garuDa as His vehicle.
vyagrAya namah.
The root from which the term agrah is derived is agi –gatau. Through the
uNAdi sutra 2.28, the addition of the affix ra leads to the wordsagra, which
mean “front, first”.
a) SrI bhaTTar’s vyAkhyAnam is that Lord kRshNa took the lead as needed in
the mahAbhArata war, because He could not put up with any delay in putting
down the enemies of arjuna. This is evidenced by His action against bhIshma:
ye yAnti yAntyeva Sini-pravIra! Ye’vasthitA satvaram te’pi yAntu |
bhIshmam rathAt paSyata pAtyamAnam droNam ca sankhye sa-gaNam
mayA’dya||
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